Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ
deity figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Vidhātṛ · Dhātṛ · the disposer
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The ordaining deities Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ ('Establisher' and 'Disposer'), invoked for protection and for placing the embryo.
may Dhātṛ place the embryo in thee.
Dhātṛ, Vidhātṛ, the lord of the world;
Rigveda
Disposer deity named alongside Dhātṛ as recipient of praise after the soma-drinking.
In the ordinance of King Soma and of Varuṇa, with the approval of Bṛhaspati, in his shelter — in your praise today, O Maghavan, O Dhātṛ, O Vidhātṛ, I have drunk the jars (of Soma).